Jesse Schuschu

1. Illegal Search and Seizures Cases: http://www2.maxwell.syr.edu/plegal/scales/sas.html


  • Weeks v. United States (1914)
  • Mapp v. Ohio- police did not produce a warrant before searching a house
  • New York v. Quarles- obtained information ("where's the gun?" "the gun is over there!")before reading rights
  • New Jersey v. T.L.O.- do not need warrant to search students in school
  • Florida v. Riley- helicopter surveilance is not an illegal search
  • Florida v. Jimeno- allowed to search without a warrant if the person consents, and any evidence found can be used against them
  • Florida v. Bostick
  • Minnesota v. Dickerson- can use evidence found when searching for weapons, but not if the officer had "engaged in squeezing, sliding and otherwise manipulating the contents of the pocket".

2. Prior Restraint- government actions preventing communications from reaching the public.

http://www.illinoisfirstamendmentcenter.com/research_CourtCases_PriorRestraint.php


  • New York Times Co. v. U.S. (1971)- Allowed the publishing of the Pentagon Papers

3. Freedom of Expression in recent Supreme Court Rulings (last 25 yrs)


  • FW/PBS, Inc. v. City of Dallas (1990)- the Supreme Court created rules for a city's ability to create licensing, inspection, and zoning requirements for sexually oriented businesses.
  • Cuffley v. Mickes- Even the Ku Klux Klan has freedom of speech; if it does not apply to a group the majority doesn't like, it is meaningless
  • Free Speech Coalition v. Reno- Prevented the censorship of material, even pornography, based on religious or political fears
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http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/faclibrary/libraryexpression.aspx?topic=supreme_court_freedom_of_expression_cases_topic


4. The types of cases the Warren Court ruled upon:
  • Expanded Civil Rights and liberties
  • Increased Federal and Judicial power- a high point in history of Supreme Court power
  • Made the Bill of Rights applicable to states
  • Ended racial segregation
  • Put an end to prayer in public schools
  • Ruled that the Constitution ensured a general right to privacy

5. Purpose of Miranda Rights:
  • To protect a person's 5th amendment right against self-incrimination
  • Any information obtained before reading rights in generally inadmissible